Marina Abramović Hon RA (b. 1946)
Marina Abramović Hon RA (b. 1946)
Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s, Marina Abramović has pioneered performance as a visual art form, creating some of the most important early works. The body has always been both her subject and medium. Exploring her physical and mental limits in works that ritualize the simple actions of everyday life, she has withstood pain, exhaustion and danger in her quest for emotional and spiritual transformation.
From 1975–88, Abramović and the German artist Ulay performed together, dealing with relations of duality. Abramović returned to solo performance in 1989. She has presented her work at major institutions in the US and Europe, including the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven,1985; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990; Neue National Galerie, Berlin, 1993, and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1995. She has also participated in many large-scale international exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (1976 and 1997) and Documenta VI, VII and IX, Kassel (1977, 1982 and 1992). Recent performances include The House With The Ocean View at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York in 2002, and the Performance 7 Easy Pieces at Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2005.
In 2010, Abramović had her first major US retrospective, The Artist is Present at Museum of Modern Art, New York, in which she performed for over 700 hours. Using herself and the public as medium, Abramović performed for three months at the Serpentine Gallery in London, 2014- a piece titled 512 Hours after the duration of the work.
Abramović was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale for the video installation and performance Balkan Baroque. In 2008 she was decorated with the Austrian Commander Cross for her contribution to Art History. In addition to these and other awards, Abramović also holds multiple honorary doctorates from institutions around the world.
Abramović founded the Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI), a platform for immaterial and long durational work to create new possibilities for collaboration among thinkers of all fields. The Institute has taken complete form to date in São Paulo (as part of the exhibition Terra Comunal, SESC Pompeia, 2015) and Athens (2016). It has presented numerous iterations of the Abramović Method in locations including Sydney, Buenos Aires, Basel, and Toronto.
Profile
Honorary RA
Born: 1946 in Belgrade, Yogoslavia
Elected Hon RA: 27 September 2011
Gender: Female
Preferred media: Performance
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Gallery
Marina Abramovic, Portrait with Black Lamb, from the series Back to Simplicity, 2010.
Marina Abramovic, Joseph Beuys, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, 1965.
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Marina Abramovic, Balkan Baroque, XLVII Biennale Venice, June, 1997.
Marina Abramovic, Freeing the Voice, 1975.
Marina Abramovic, 512 Hours.
Marina Abramovic, The Artist is Present, 2010.
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Selected CV
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Recent solo exhibitions
2015 Marina Abramović: Terra Comunal / Communal Land, SESC Pompeia, São Paulo
Marina Abramović: Private Archaeology, MONA, Tasmania
2014 Marina Abramović: White Space, Lisson Gallery, London
Marina Abramović: Holding Emptiness, Contemporary Art Center, Malaga
Marina Abramović: Entering the Other Side, Kistefos Museet, Jevnaker , Norway
Marina Abramović: 512 Hours, Serpentine Gallery, London
Marina Abramović, Sean Kelly, New York
2013 Bob Wilson, “The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, Park Avenue Armory, New York
The Kitchen, Cordoba Photo Biennale, Cordoba
The Kitchen, PhotoGalicia Festival, Galicia
MAI prototype, Tinguely Museum, Basel
Marina Abramović: Landscapes, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva
2012 Marina Abramović, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Marina Abramović, Balkan Stories, Kunsthalle Vienna
Marina Abramović, La Fabrica Gallery, Madrid
The Abramović Method, PAC, Milan -
Selected awards and grants
2012 Diaghilev Award for Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present at The Diaghilev Festival, Perm, Russia
2011 deFINE ART 2011 Honoree and Key Note speaker, The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, USA
Honory Degree, Williams Office of Communication College
BOMB Magazine Honoree, Bomb Gala, New York
Danspace Project Honoree, New York
2009 Lorenzo il Magnifico Career Award, Florence Biennale
2008 Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art
Doctorate of Faculty of Arts of Belgrade University
2007 AICA USA Award for the performance 7 Easy Pieces, New York
Honored by Franklin Furnace, New York, USA
2006 Honored by Artist’s Space and +ART
Honored by the Guggenheim at 2006 International Gala
US Art Critics’ Association award for Best Exhibition of Time Based Art (Video, Film, or Performance) for Marina Abramovic: Seven Easy Pieces, Guggenheim Museum, New York
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